Partner effects of Mexican cultural values: the couple and parenting relationships.

Full Abstract

In this investigation, the authors explored the impact of individuals' cultural values on their partners' relationship adjustment and perceptions of their parenting relationship. The authors examined Mexican cultural values of simpatía (i.e., harmonious interpersonal relationships) and respeto (i.e., respect for authority figures) using a sample of 50 Mexican-origin couples in southern Arizona. Congruent with their hypotheses, results supported the proposition that fathers' simpatía is positively associated with both relationship adjustment and the parenting relationship as reported by mothers, whereas fathers' respeto is negatively associated with both relationship adjustment and the parenting relationship as reported by mothers. However, the authors found little evidence of a contribution of mothers' cultural values to fathers' perceptions of either relationship adjustment or the parenting relationship. They interpret these findings to suggest that mothers' relationship adjustment and parenting relationship are more sensitive to and dependent on fathers' degree of traditional cultural values among Mexican-origin families.

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Author information

Author/s: Yu, Jeong Jin (JJ); Lucero-Liu, Ana A (AA); Gamble, Wendy C (WC); Taylor, Angela R (AR); Christensen, Donna Hendrickson (DH); Modry-Mandell, Kerri L (KL);

Affiliation: Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, York 17403-3398, USA. juy125@psu.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Journal: The Journal of psychology (J Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Mar; vol 142 (issue 2) : pp 169-92

Dates: Created 2008/05/01; Completed 2008/06/09;

PMID: 18447074, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Arizona
Attitude - ethnology
Child
Child Rearing - ethnology; psychology
Cultural Characteristics
Family Characteristics - ethnology

Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Mexican Americans - psychology; statistics & numerical data
Parent-Child Relations - ethnology
Parenting - ethnology; psychology
Social Adjustment
Social Values - ethnology
Spouses - ethnology; psychology

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